Photos of the week

Space

Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in
the second of two spacewalks which took place on Dec. 24, 2013, released
on Dec. 27, 2013.

Credit: Reuters/NASA

South Korea

A South Korean protester burns an anti-Japan banner after police officers sprays fire extinguishers during a rally denouncing about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 27, 2013.

Credit: Lee Jin-man/AP

Brazil

A reveler floats while watching fireworks explode minutes after midnight along Copacabana Beach during New Year's celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 1, 2014.

Russia

Ukraine

A pro-European demonstrator holds a mirror which reflects a group of
riot police officers standing guard in Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 30, 2013.

Credit: Sergei Chuzavkov/AP

India

A novice Tibetan monk gestures to the camera as he listens to the spiritual leader the Dalai Lama deliver the Jangchup Lamrim teachings at the Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, India, Dec. 29, 2013.

Credit: Abhishek N. Chinnappa/AP

Israel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's plane casts a shadow on fields as
it approaches Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 2, 2014.

Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AP

Germany

Vacationers walk along a mountain range leading a group of Lamas in the Bavarian Alps, near Oberstdorf, Germany, Dec. 28, 2013.

Credit: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

Nepal

A Nepalese Gurung community woman in traditional attire smiles as she
dances during Tamu Loshar as the other man watches in Katmandu, Nepal,
Dec. 30, 2013.

Credit: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Central African Republic

A relative of Yanguere Richard, 21, mourns after viewing his remains at
the family home in Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 27, 2013.

Credit: Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

England

A train passes along the coast at Saltcoats in Scotland, Jan. 2014, as
Britain is braced for the worst as a combination of high tides, heavy
rains and strong winds are expected to bring yet more severe flooding to
many parts of the country.

Credit: Danny Lawson/AP

California

United States Marines support a 100 yard American flag during pre-game
ceremonies at the Holiday Bowl NCAA college football game in in San
Diego, Dec. 30, 2013.

Credit: Gregory Bull/AP

Lebanon

People carry a wounded woman on a stretcher at the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburbs, Jan. 2, 2014.

Credit: Khalil Hassan/Reuters

North Dakota

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment, in Casselton, N.D., Dec. 30, 2013.

Credit: Bruce Crummy/AP

South Sudan

A displaced boy mimics the photographer taking a picture of him, using a
fake plastic jewel, at a United Nations compound which has become home
to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital
Juba, South Sudan, Dec. 29, 2013.

Credit: Ben Curtis/AP

Germany

Switzerland's tournament overall leader Simon Ammann soars through the
air to take the third place in the second jumping of the four-hills
tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Jan. 1, 2014.

Credit: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Ukraine

An activist of the Ukrainian nationalist parties burns a flare as he
takes part in a rally to mark the 105th year since the birth of Stepan
Bandera, one of the founders of the Organization of Ukrainian
Nationalists (OUN), in Kiev, Jan. 1, 2014.

Credit: Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters

Canada

A man jumps into a hole cut in the ice on the Ottawa River during the
annual Great Canadian Chill polar bear dip in Ottawa, Jan. 1, 2014.

Credit: Chris Wattie/Reuters

Russia

Pallbearers carry the coffin during the funeral honors of Russian police
senior sergeant Dmitry Makovkin, who was killed by a suicide bomb blast
in the city main railway station in Volgograd, Jan. 2, 2014.

Credit: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Indonesia

A villager pours pesticide from a bucket as Mount Sinabung spews ash at
Kebayaken village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province,
Dec. 4, 2013.

Credit: Roni Bintang/Reuters

West Bank

A Palestinian man covers his face to avoid inhaling tear gas fired by
Israeli soldiers during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinian
protesters after the funeral of Saeed Jaser Ali, 85, in the West Bank
village of Kufr Kadum near Nablus, Jan. 2, 2014.

Credit: Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

Gaza

A Palestinians rides a horse on Gaza beach as the sun sets in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013.